If There Is a Constitutional Requirement to Maintain a Balanced

question 29

Multiple Choice

If there is a constitutional requirement to maintain a balanced budget, then during a recession when tax revenues are shrinking, the government will have to implement

• A) contractionary fiscal policy.
• B) no change in fiscal policy.
• C) expansionary fiscal policy.
• D) countercyclical fiscal policy.

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